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OTAs Five things to watch
CHARLOTTE - Today marks the beginning of Phase Three of the Panthers' offseason workout program as the team takes the field for the first of 10 organized team activities (OTAs). All coaches are allowed on the field, and team offense vs. team defense drills are permitted provided no live contact occurs. Clubs may require players to wear helmets but no shells are allowed during Phase Three. ...
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Hornets Returning To Charlotte Bobcats Start Name Change Process Report
Charlotte Hornets players Jamal Mashburn, center, Rodney Buford, right, and Tim James, left, hold their new jerseys up during a news conference in Charlotte, N.C., Thursday, Aug. 3, ...
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BBT exec to tackle immigration issues at forum
How the workplace is affected is a key part of the immigration debate, and one that will be up discussed at the Quarterly Diversity Forum at UNC-Greensboro. There are a lot of angles to the nation's immigration story, from the legal and political to the impact on families. How immigration affects the workplace is a key part of the discussion, and one that is up for debate at today's ...
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2 Samaritans Purse disaster relief units head to Moore Okla.
Two Samaritan's Purse Disaster Relief units left Wilkesboro, N.C., Tuesday morning and are headed for Moore, Okla.Channel 9 spoke to the charitable group.They said the trip should take the drivers about 18 hours to get to the devastated community.The trucks are full of all the tools volunteers need to help clean up.The focus for Samaritan's Purse at the beginning will be helping ...
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Coroner NC mental patient shot killed at point-blank range
A medical examiner's report said a mental patient who was killed by police was shot at point-blank range.Wake County deputies shot and killed Jonathan Cunningham after he fought them and stole their police car, they said.The report said Cunningham was shot in the chest and in the back.The shot to the back was so close there was a ring of gunpowder around it.The Wake County Sheriff has not ...
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Movie Review
Vampyr [DVD]
Shadows are inherently creepy--unnerving, you might say. While taking the form and shape of that which casts them, they have no actual presence or substance, hence they are both real and unreal. In a sense, they are absence incarnate in that they exist by denying the presence of light, thus they a ... ...
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County leaders to vote on $19M security upgrades for CMS schools
Mecklenburg County leaders are expected to vote on a multimillion dollar plan to improve security at Charlotte Mecklenburg schools Tuesday night.Security upgrades to the schools come under discussion after the tragedy at Sandy Hook Elementary School.Commissioners are set to vote on $19 million for the security improvements, which is a lot less than the $30 million originally proposed for the ...
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Troopers Man leads police on chase through four counties
A man led police officers on a chase through four counties overnight.Channel 9 arrived at Interstate 85 near Sam Wilson Road shortly after the suspect jumped out of the car and tried to run away.Police said the chase started at a DUI checkpoint in Cherokee County, S.C.Video from a DOT camera on I-85 shows the car speeding by with police with flashing lights chasing.The chase went through four ...
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Crews dig through night after deadly Okla. twister
This aerial photo shows the remains of homes hit by a massive tornado in Moore, Okla., Monday May 20, 2013. A tornado roared through the Oklahoma City suburbs Monday, flattening entire neighborhoods, setting buildings on fire and landing a direct blow on an elementary school. (AP Photo/Steve ...
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Help The Victims Of The Oklahoma Tornadoes
A U.S. flag lays among debris in Moore, Okla., Monday, May 20, 2013 following a tornado up to a mile wide which swept through the Oklahoma City ...
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Jordan will change Charlotte nickname back to Hornets | NBA
Charlotte Bobcats owner Michael Jordan is changing his team's name to the Hornets, said a person familiar with the situation. The person said ...
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Nothing will ever completely replace playing the game I love, however I feel like I'm starting a new adventure and I'm genuinely excited about what lies ahead. I'm fortunate to have been given many opportunities throughout my career and now I feel it's my time to give back.
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Thistle Charing Cross
I had stayed at this hotel once before, some years previous, so was looking forward to a new review. The ...
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